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yet it was once the scene of fiercest battle. For the 

 Drumthwacket farm is the battle-ground of that im- 

 portant encounter of 1777 between the British and 

 the Continental troops, known as the Battle of 

 Princeton, the turning point of the Revolution, in 

 which Washington was victorious. To this day, 



Garden at Drumthwacket, Princeton, New Jersey. 



cannon ball and grape shot are dug up in the Drum- 

 thwacket fields. The Lodge built in 1696 was, at 

 Washington's request, the shelter for the wounded 

 British officers ; and the Washington Spring in front 

 of the Lodge furnished water to Washington. The 

 group of trees on the left of the upper pond marks 

 the sheltered and honored graves of the British 

 soldiers, where have slept for one hundred and 



